By far, one of the greatest 3rd person shooters on the market, and a definate buy for any mature Xbox 360 owner.

User Rating: 9.7 | Gears of War X360
By TheMuppetBaby0 | Review Date:
Beleive me, I have been obsessing over this game for far too long (since June 2006 I think), and obviously have been impatiently waiting for this title to arrive. However, I was very aware that this game could suck very badly just as it could deliver everything I hope for. Then came November 7th, the day when specific stores (GameStop, EB Games) receive Gears of War and sell it only to those who pre-ordered it. I was one of the lucky ones that pre-ordered it way ahead of time, and I picked up the game 5 minutes before the store closed. I rushed home and carefully put it in my 360. I began with Campaign on Hardcore (the equivilant to Hard), and, for a while, I was't experiencing anything knew, due to the fact that I watched the E3 06 trailer much more than enough times. However, once I got past that specific level, I began getting so into it. The simply amazing graphics and great sounds brought me into this fictional world, and delivering simplistic (and easy to pick up) controls. Once you join up with your whole squad, everyone is fun to be around with. With Baird being the whiney a**hole, Cole being the (totally awesome) football meathead ready to drop every enemy he sees, Dom, being your best friend but one tough cookie, and Marcus, the main character, the guy being one tough dude (with an awesome voice) prepared for anything the Locust Horde throws at him.

Then I tried multiplayer. Right when I was launched into a game of 4v4, I was immediately having a good time. The multiplayer feels and is extremely tactical, and you will always want to provide supressing fire/ distract and enemy while a teammate snakes around and takes him down. Then come the various ways to finish an enemy, which provide the most satisfying ways to displease your oponent. Co-op is a blast, too, taking on the game's superb single player with a buddy. Most of the time, you are going to have to cover eachother when moving up for reviving eachother when one goes down. It's a blast on Xbox Live, system link, and split screen. However, the gameplay isn't perfect, especially in multiplayer. The only reason I say this is because I have so many experiences when I intend to dive out of cover, but instead do a SWAT turn or something like that. This only bothers you if you are trying to escape from someone, and you happen to hit the right button in the wrong way.

Also, 30% of the multiplayer servers are "laggy". Not laggy in the sense that your character, in fact that part has been perfected...! I mean laggy as in, your bullets go slower than normal, and in some cases, take 1 or more seconds to hit a surface. If you can imagine, this can get annoying as Hell. Most co-op games over Live are the same way as well. Basically, here are the Pros and Cons... Pros
-Amazing, and I mean Amazing graphics
-Silky smooth gameplay
-Great sound
-Awesome single player
-Ridiculously addictive multiplayer
-Co-op is uber fun Cons
-A few very minor gameplay issues
-Quite a few laggy servers on Live multiplayer games
-Hard to find a non-laggy Co-op game over Live

I strongly recommend Gears of War to anyone who looks for a great single player shooter, and also to those who look for a multiplayer shooter.

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